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Synopsis
When ten-year-old Dinah and her two siblings are trapped by a terrible storm, Cousin Gage keeps their spirits up with an unlikely story – tooth fairies live in warring colonies right in your neighbourhood. Dinah is sceptical at first, but when the real world seems unbearable, stories told by candlelight have a way of coming true. Dinah starts to – wants to – believe. Don’t we all?
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Review
A whimsical look at the mechanics of tooth-barter...a deeper exploration of the power of stories in our lives. * Kirkus Reviews, "BEA/ALA Big Book Guide 2007" * Maguire plays with notions of fact, imagination, and art in this novel, which is in many ways a confection of borrowings. * Horn Book * The author of Wicked imagines a world of warring tooth fairies. * USA Today, Fall Books Preview * Gregory Maguire interviewed * WBUR "Here and Now" * Featured in calendar section * Disney Adventures * Maguire's layered tale illustrates how art and imagination help shape perceptions of reality. * VOYA * Inventive...the wholly original premise, sharp characterizations, and dark-and-stormy setting will easily delight readers, especially older ones who will catch more of the gleefully dark humor, political parodies, and broad questions about magic and self-discovery. * Booklist * Featured in Fall Children's Books preview * Washington Post * Both poignant and humorous...a winner for Maguire's fans of all ages. * Kirkus Reviews * [Maguire's] brilliant, whimsical reanimation of a children's fable shines like those quarters found under our pillows at daybreak-once upon a time. * OUTNow Magazine * Maguire, a wordsmith extraordinaire, does a seamless job of interconnecting both stories. Vibrant descriptions of everything from storms to birthday candles are inextricably woven into the fabric of the book, creating an almost palpable atmosphere. * BookPage * Readers of any age can enjoy this delightfully whimsical fable. * Bay Area Reporter * Utterly original...a masterful meditation on the importance of story to shape and uphold reality. * BCCB * How then, Dinah wants to know, can you tell us the story if the fairies granted your wish and you forgot what you knew about them? Ah, there's the magic. Is a story only true if it really happened? Not necessarily. * Los Angeles Times * Featured in a Halloween roundup * Washington Post * There's much here to appeal to both Maguire's younger and older fans, and the immediacy of the story and combination of fantasy and reality will grip even reluctant readers. * School Library Journal * Dense with allusion, metaphor and pun, Maguire's prose shines. * Publishers Weekly * Gregory Maguire does for the dark and stormy night what he did for witches in `Wicked.' * New York Times * Playful, postmodern and respectfully parodic, Maguire draws on the archive of fantasy literature to construct not just a story but an etiological myth that will put to rest all those rumours that teeth are taken out from under the pillow and replaced with money by parents. * Toronto Globe & Mail * Maguire's writing is beautiful. * Boston Globe * Maguire is a clever storyteller with an eye for the fantastic. * Time Out New York Kids * Gregory Maguire interviewed * Columbia Spectator * Noted in article on holiday books * Santa Cruz Sentinel *
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A fairy tale with a difference from the bestselling author of Wicked.
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- PublisherWalker
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1406316016
- ISBN 13 9781406316018
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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